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Indent
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
(2):
(n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
(3):
(v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
(4):
(v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
(5):
(v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
(6):
(n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
(7):
(v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.
(8):
(n.) A stamp; an impression.
(9):
(v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented.
(10):
(v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
(11):
(v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
(12):
(n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Indent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/indent.html. 1828.
